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HomeNews US agencies clash over two Activision Blizzard legal casesThey’ve raised a conflict of interest that could breach California law They’ve raised a conflict of interest that could breach California law Last week, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed an objection to an $18 million proposed settlement between Activision Blizzard and the USA’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), claiming it could harm their own lawsuit with the Call Of Duty and World Of Warcraft publishers....

HomeNewsBattlefield 2042 Battlefield 2042’s floating corpses bug made me laugh a lotWo-oah, we’re halfway there! Wo-oah, we’re sitting in the air! Wo-oah, we’re halfway there! Wo-oah, we’re sitting in the air! You know, I was pretty disappointed that this weekend’sBattlefield 2042beta didn’t have wingsuits. It’s been one of the main things I’m looking forward to, leaping from buildings and gliding at unsuspecting foes, so it was sad that we didn’t get to try it out....

HomeNewsHitFlesh! HitFlesh takes you back to a classic MMO’s haunted fan serverSomething spooky is going on in Asgarath Something spooky is going on in Asgarath HitFlesh is “a single-player narrative game about a weird and old MMORPG which was put back online,” say developers Virtual Archaeologist. “Explore and discover the uncanny legend that this game has inside.” It certainly smells of MMO nostalgia down here in the first half of its trailer—that vaguely fantasy soundtrack tune and font....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft introduces one new mob candidate: the grouchy little GlareThe first potential mob in this weekend’s vote The first potential mob in this weekend’s vote Mojang’s big all-things-Minecraftshow Minecraft Live is coming up this weekend and, like last year, they’ll have players voting on which new creature should be added to the game. They’ve shown off just one of the options so far, the Glare mob that can alert you to monster-spawning light levels....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Rise No cross-saves for Monster Hunter Rise, but Capcom say they looked into itMaybe next time, MonHunters Maybe next time, MonHunters Getting Monster Hunter games on PC still feels like a new treat, even afterMonster Hunter Worldhas been out for a few years. Next up for the action and fashion series isMonster Hunter Rise, which is already out on the Nintendo Switch and coming to PC in January. With the PC release coming ten months after the Switch, it’s no surprise that MonHunt fans would be keen on being able to carry their save files over to PC in January with cross-progression....

HomeNews ScummVM celebrates 20th birthday with The Longest Journey supportAs well as Myst 3, Grim Fandango, and Crusader: No Remorse As well as Myst 3, Grim Fandango, and Crusader: No Remorse ScummVM celebrated its 20th birthday on Saturday, two decades of making old games easier to run on modern systems. The project started focused on LucasArts adventure games built in the SCUMM game engine and the first release only supported Monkey Island 2, and it has since grown to support over 300 games across other genres too....

HomeNews Thank you and farewell to RPS vid bud Colm AhernSteven Spielberg finally answered his phone Steven Spielberg finally answered his phone There’s no denying the RPS video team has had a pretty rough time over the last 18 months. When Colmjoined usin April 2020, he did so as the third member of our video squad, working alongside fellow vid buds Matthew Castle and Alice Liguori (RPS in peace) to carry on producing the top qualityvideo reviewsandraucous livestreambants our YouTube channel was known for....

HomeFeaturesDeathloop The Joy of playing Deathloop as the pettiest man in existenceNot Steve! He was ∞ days from retirement! Not Steve! He was ∞ days from retirement! Hello! How was your day? Oh, me? Well, I spent the morning scheduling a crank wheel delivery to Updaam. Had lunch. Went back in the afternoon, disabled a few turrets, then hid behind a bin for a bit. All solely to turn off an oxygen pump and asphyxiate a bubble-encased band that I could have easily shot in a few seconds....

HomeNewsRiders Republic Ubisoft holding Riders Republic trial day tomorrowAnd you can preload it now And you can preload it now Ahead of its full launch later this month, Ubisoft are inviting PC peeps to try open-world xtreme sports gameRiders Republicfor free this week. The ‘PC Play Day’ starts tomorrow morning, and you can preload it now to be ready once the lights turn green. I’ve heard some good things about the game, though this trial is only on the Ubisoft Connect client, boooo....

HomeNewsHitman Hitman pulled from sale on GOGNo time to buy, Agent 47 No time to buy, Agent 47 GOG have pulledHitmanfrom sale. The bald assassin joined the DRM-free digital shop in September, but was met with damning reviews. That’s because, while theoretically DRM-free, Hitman relies on online connectivity for a lot of its features to work. In pulling the game offline, GOG apologised, saying that they “shouldn’t have released it in its current form....

HomeNewsQuake The Quake remaster’s bot support is better nowThey can swim and use lifts more capably, now They can swim and use lifts more capably, now The enhanced edition ofQuake, releasedin Augustto celebrate the game’s 25th anniversary, just got a major update. It improves the game’s bots, and adds bot support for a bunch more deathmatch maps, among other bug fixes. Quake - Official Trailer (2021)Watch on YouTube Quake - Official Trailer (2021)...

HomeNewsNew World You won’t be able to move New World characters between regions after allAmazon say that earlier info was “incorrect” Amazon say that earlier info was “incorrect” New World’s server transfer system won’t be as flexible as first suggested. Amazon had originally said that players would be able to switch between servers in different regions, letting you move a character from, for example, a North American server to a European one....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends begins zombie-filled Halloween event next weekIt adds a spooky new Arenas map too It adds a spooky new Arenas map too It’s beginning: video game Halloween celebrations are starting to emerge from the shadows for another year. This Tuesday,Apex Legendsplayers will be able to jump into the battle royale’s new spooky event, Monsters Within. It brings back the limited-time mode that turns Legends into zombies to hunt their pals, adds a bunch of eerie cosmetics, and introduces a new ominous-looking Arenas map to boot....